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... success until the noble craft seemed no longer a piece of mechanism , but a thing of life : some ferocious beast bounding on , and crushing the barrier that opposed it . To the spectator the scene was novel and inter- esting ; the men ...
... success until the noble craft seemed no longer a piece of mechanism , but a thing of life : some ferocious beast bounding on , and crushing the barrier that opposed it . To the spectator the scene was novel and inter- esting ; the men ...
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... success of the measure was announced by a joyful cry from the stranger that seemed to burst from his inmost soul . " She feels it ! she springs her luff ! observe , " he said , " the light opens from the hummock already ; if she will ...
... success of the measure was announced by a joyful cry from the stranger that seemed to burst from his inmost soul . " She feels it ! she springs her luff ! observe , " he said , " the light opens from the hummock already ; if she will ...
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... success . His wife died this morning . There is no relief . ' " Captain Warrens and his men hurried from the spot without uttering a word . On entering the prin- cipal cabin , the first object that attracted their at- tention was the ...
... success . His wife died this morning . There is no relief . ' " Captain Warrens and his men hurried from the spot without uttering a word . On entering the prin- cipal cabin , the first object that attracted their at- tention was the ...
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... success of the manœuvre . His agonies became terrible : the waters appeared as if disturbed by a violent squall , and the spray was driven over the taffrail where we stood , while the gleaming body of the fish repeatedly burst through ...
... success of the manœuvre . His agonies became terrible : the waters appeared as if disturbed by a violent squall , and the spray was driven over the taffrail where we stood , while the gleaming body of the fish repeatedly burst through ...
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... success to our cause ! Have you got any fresh - water sailors on board ? for , if you have , I must christen them so as to make them useful to our King and country . " " We have eight of them on board , at your service , " said the ...
... success to our cause ! Have you got any fresh - water sailors on board ? for , if you have , I must christen them so as to make them useful to our King and country . " " We have eight of them on board , at your service , " said the ...
Términos y frases comunes
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Pasajes populares
Página 100 - The spirits of your fathers Shall start from every wave ! — For the deck it was their field of fame, And Ocean was their grave : Where Blake and mighty Nelson fell, Your manly hearts shall glow, As ye sweep through the deep, While the stormy tempests blow ; While the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow.
Página 44 - My head is twice as big as yours, They therefore needs must fit. "But let me scrape the dirt away That hangs upon your face; And stop and eat, for well you may Be in a hungry case." Said John, "It is my wedding-day, And all the world would stare, If wife should dine at Edmonton, And I should dine at Ware.
Página 28 - The door in the mountain side shut fast. Did I say, all? No! One was lame, And could not dance the whole of the way; And in after years, if you would blame His sadness, he was used to say— "It's dull in our town since my playmates left!
Página 27 - Once more he stept into the street; And to his lips again Laid his long pipe of smooth straight cane ; And ere he blew three notes (such sweet Soft notes as yet musician's cunning Never gave the enraptured air), There was a rustling, that seemed like a bustling, Of merry crowds justling at pitching and hustling, Small feet were pattering, wooden shoes clattering, Little hands clapping and little tongues chattering, And, like fowls in a farmyard when barley is scattering, Out came the children running.
Página 42 - He grasped the mane with both his hands, And eke with all his might. His horse, who never in that sort Had handled been before, What thing upon his back had got Did wonder more and more. Away went Gilpin, neck or nought; Away went hat and wig; He little dreamt, when he set out, Of running such a rig.
Página 9 - Two of us in the churchyard lie, My sister and my brother; And in the churchyard cottage I Dwell near them with my mother.
Página 101 - Our song and feast shall flow To the fame of your name, When the storm has ceased to blow, — When the fiery fight is heard no more, And the storm has ceased to blow.
Página 80 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute, From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.
Página 22 - You hope, because you're old and obese, To find in the furry civic robe ease! Rouse up, Sirs! Give your brains a racking To find the remedy we're lacking, Or, sure as fate, we'll send you packing!
Página 25 - Brothers, sisters, husbands, wives — Followed the Piper for their lives. From street to street he piped advancing, And step for step they followed dancing, Until they came to the river Weser Wherein all plunged and perished — Save one who, stout as Julius Caesar, Swam across and lived to carry (As he the manuscript he cherished) To Rat-land home his commentary...